BECKER, PETER (Germ.). A Frankfort Painter who designed the R of a medal, struck in 1887, and engraved by A. Scharff of Vienna, to commemorate the death of Hermann Mumm von Schwarzenstein (1816- 1887), a celebrated merchant of Frankfort. Bibliography. — P. Joseph u. E. Fellner, Die Münzen von Frankfurt a/M., 1896.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
BALDUINUS, PAGANUS
BALDUINUS, PAGANUS (Ital.). Moneyer, born at Messina, employed by the Emperor Frederick II. (1184-1250), and known for having introduced on his coins the antique style of art and execution. His Augustaks, the finest coins of mediaeval times, are imitations of the Roman coins, and bear on one side the Emperor's bust with the legend AVG. IMP. ROM., and on the other the spread-eagle accompanied by the inscription FRIDERICVS. They were struck at Amalfi, Brindisi and Messina, and were continued under...
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BALDUINUS, PAGANUS (Ital.). Moneyer, born at Messina, employed by the Emperor Frederick II. (1184-1250), and known for having introduced on his coins the antique style of art and execution. His Augustaks, the finest coins of mediaeval times, are imitations of the Roman coins, and bear on one side the Emperor's bust with the legend AVG. IMP. ROM., and on the other the spread-eagle accompanied by the inscription FRIDERICVS. They were struck at Amalfi, Brindisi and Messina, and were continued under...
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BALDWIN
BALDWIN (Brit.). Abbot of St. Edmundsbury (1065-1097) was granted a mint in conjunction with the abbey by Edward the Confessor. The document reads as follows : " Edward King gret Aylmer Bisscop, and Girth Erl, and Toly and all mine Theynes on Estangle frendlike. And Ic kithe ihu that Ic habbe unnen Baldewine Abbot one munetere with innen Seynt Edmunds Biri, also frelike on alle thing to habben, also me mine on hande stonden ower on ani mine burgh aldrefrelikest. Godse ihu alle frend. " Bibliogra...
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BALDWIN (Brit.). Abbot of St. Edmundsbury (1065-1097) was granted a mint in conjunction with the abbey by Edward the Confessor. The document reads as follows : " Edward King gret Aylmer Bisscop, and Girth Erl, and Toly and all mine Theynes on Estangle frendlike. And Ic kithe ihu that Ic habbe unnen Baldewine Abbot one munetere with innen Seynt Edmunds Biri, also frelike on alle thing to habben, also me mine on hande stonden ower on ani mine burgh aldrefrelikest. Godse ihu alle frend. " Bibliogra...
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BALLAY, JOSUÉ
BALLAY, JOSUÉ (French). Engraver of jetons during the first half of the sixteenth century (1525-1553) The best known are : 1525, Jetons for the Master of the" Chambre aux Deniers"; — 1526, M. de Bonnes, maitre d'hôtel of the King; — 1527, Cardinal of Orleans, Archbishop of Toulouse; — M. de Lautrec, jetons for the officers of Louise de Savoie; — Jetons for Jean Riveron; — 1530, The Queen; — 1531, The Queen of Navarre; — 1532, M. Ch. de Saint-Simon; — Jetons for the Comte de Chateaubriant; — 1542...
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BALLAY, JOSUÉ (French). Engraver of jetons during the first half of the sixteenth century (1525-1553) The best known are : 1525, Jetons for the Master of the" Chambre aux Deniers"; — 1526, M. de Bonnes, maitre d'hôtel of the King; — 1527, Cardinal of Orleans, Archbishop of Toulouse; — M. de Lautrec, jetons for the officers of Louise de Savoie; — Jetons for Jean Riveron; — 1530, The Queen; — 1531, The Queen of Navarre; — 1532, M. Ch. de Saint-Simon; — Jetons for the Comte de Chateaubriant; — 1542...
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BALLIN, CLAUDE
BALLIN, CLAUDE (French). Succeeded Jean Varin as Director of the Paris Medal-Mint, 1676 — 1678. This famous artist, who was born in Paris in 1615 and died at the Louvre on the 22nd January 1678, is the most celebrated goldsmith of the second half of the seventeenth century. His productions were works of art, which unfortunately have nearly all been destroyed, partly under Louis XIV. when through the necessities of state most of the existing plate in France was melted down to be turned into curre...
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BALLIN, CLAUDE (French). Succeeded Jean Varin as Director of the Paris Medal-Mint, 1676 — 1678. This famous artist, who was born in Paris in 1615 and died at the Louvre on the 22nd January 1678, is the most celebrated goldsmith of the second half of the seventeenth century. His productions were works of art, which unfortunately have nearly all been destroyed, partly under Louis XIV. when through the necessities of state most of the existing plate in France was melted down to be turned into curre...
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